Individual Members

Professional scientists whose research is directly relevant to some branch of astronomy are eligible for election as Individual Members. Individual Members are, normally, admitted by the Executive Committee on the proposal of a National Member.

Individual Members listed in the IAU Directory have a valid, public email, and are affiliated to at least one Division. They are labeled as "Active Members". For corrections and updates, please contact iauinfos@iap.fr. Any members remaining Inactive for more than 10 years will be removed from the IAU lists.

Additionally, while only Active Members are listed in the IAU Directory, you may still search for Active, Inactive or Deceased Members in the search field to your right.

Total number of IAU members:12609. Number of Individual Members in the IAU Directory: 10042

These statistics refer to Active members. Please note also that these numbers to not include IAU members for which we do not have a date of birth.